Nicknamed the Hoosier state, Indiana has famous for the excellence of its basketball teams. ??
Even when to read a wrong sentence like "Nicknamed the Hoosier state, Indiana has famous for the excellence of its basketball teams" I often make a mistake.

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"Nicknamed the Hoosier state, Indiana is famous for the its excellent basketball teams".

I slightly reworded but it is hard to understand some English "rules and exceptions".

You could say 
 "Nicknamed the Hoosier state, Indiana has famous basketball teams",